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   Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Dec-2025 13:11:02 JST Miakoda

   One thing I lost when dumbing my TV was the ability for #HomeAssistant to control it. Sure, I can use an IR blaster. ...but that would only toggle. A automation to turn things off, if the TV was already off, would turn it on. But I have an idea... If I measure the TV's power draw, HA should be able to tell if the TV is on or off, and use that to know not to send "power command" to turn it off if it's already off.
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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Dec-2025 22:31:06 JST Miakoda

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     • Guilhem Bonnefille

     @guyou Yeah, no. I'm not interested in resetting my CEC every time I want to use my game console.

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     Guilhem Bonnefille (guyou@framapiaf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Dec-2025 22:31:07 JST Guilhem Bonnefille

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     @hellomiakoda simply use a controlled-switch to shutdown the power of the TV. It's simple, very well supported by HA. And you will do a step in the eco-direction as many TV consume a significant power even on standby.

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     Proto Himbo European (guyjantic@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Dec-2025 22:33:25 JST Proto Himbo European

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     @hellomiakoda would it be easier to run Kodi on a raspberry pin linked to the tv?

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Dec-2025 22:33:25 JST Miakoda

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     • Proto Himbo European

     @guyjantic Kodi doesn't run Tomb Raider remastered, Astro Bot, Balatro, etc.

     Also, the Plex client on it is kinda bad

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     John Deters (targetdrone@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Dec-2025 22:33:27 JST John Deters

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     @hellomiakoda I would try using pyCEC. It's supposed to remotely operate the CEC port on an HDMI connected device. So you could plug in an old RasPi 3 into a free HDMI port, then run the bridge on it. The docs even provide a little HomeAssistant example for remote telnet control.

     https://github.com/konikvranik/pyCEC

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Dec-2025 22:33:27 JST Miakoda

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     • John Deters

     @targetdrone Ny TV's CEC doesn't turn the TV off, and I have 0 free HDMI ports.

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Dec-2025 22:34:40 JST Miakoda

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     • kaiserkiwi :kiwibird:

     @kaiserkiwi All that's left is the Roku TCL logo, and an empty area where ads used to be.

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     kaiserkiwi :kiwibird: (kaiserkiwi@corteximplant.com)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Dec-2025 22:34:42 JST kaiserkiwi :kiwibird:

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     @hellomiakoda I feel this. I even kept the TV connected to the Wi-Fi but blocked internet access on my router. But all commands, {veb notifications, run over the cloud. It's so unnecessary.

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jan-2026 04:01:58 JST Miakoda

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     • Proto Himbo European

     @guyjantic I've been working my way through 1, 2, and 3!
     Again!
     lol

     I'm playing the PS4 vereion because the trophy situation on the PS5 situation is infuriating. Looks the same, both versions are very pretty. Also I love that the optin button flips between old and new graphics on the fly... cause I need to go back to old graphics to remember where stuff is, lol.

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     Proto Himbo European (guyjantic@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jan-2026 04:01:59 JST Proto Himbo European

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     @hellomiakoda oh, I misunderstood. And I strongly support all things Tomb Raider.

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jan-2026 04:04:04 JST Miakoda

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     • Proto Himbo European

     @guyjantic The original tomb raiders are my favorite games of all time! The cistern level is gorgeous in the remaster.

     Somewhere on Fedi, or was it youtube, I have a comparison of original and remaster graphics of my favoeite Lara death - Midas!

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jan-2026 04:14:56 JST Miakoda

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     • Proto Himbo European

     @guyjantic Pff I havent found it yet, but I found this clip. 🤣️

     https://youtu.be/rkJ5Y9Plckg

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jan-2026 04:55:42 JST Miakoda

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     • Proto Himbo European

     @guyjantic Sadness. I can't find the Midas death comparison clip... nor the flying deer.

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jan-2026 09:17:13 JST Miakoda

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     • Emil "AngryAnt" Johansen

     @AngryAnt Yes. If I go with measuring consumption, I plan to just measure for a bit, and then use the history graph with charts of when PS5 is on (I almost never use the TV without the console) to get an idea where the thresholds should be.

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     Emil "AngryAnt" Johansen (angryant@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jan-2026 09:17:15 JST Emil "AngryAnt" Johansen

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     @hellomiakoda If you go the power measure route, be ready to possibly need to set up something more complex than a straight threshold step.

     The power cycle on my TV and the behaviour while "off" threw all kinds of curves even though it has never been networked and all smarts are disabled 😕

     In the end I backed off from it and did everything through an audio receiver, with just a a single HDMI to the tv 😞

     You mentioned in a post the other day success with a console? Might that be your entry?